March is Public Transit Awareness Month at HBDC!
This March we will focus on public sexual harassment on our public transportation in the DC metro area. As we gear up for March we want to know what types of posts you’d like to see or if you’d like...
View Articlemetro terrorism: a dc street harassment story.
Cross posted from Freedom Fighter: it’s 2pm. middle of the day. December 22nd. you know, a time when most folks are in an all around festive mood. i am on my way back to the office on the blue line...
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This is Absurd
It’s not every day that our hunches end up on the front page of the Washington Post. Color us shocked when we read the headlines “News of Metro Rapes Delayed.” Wait, weren’t we just campaigning for...
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Tracking Part II
Photo by thisisbossi via flickr Since last March, we’ve received more than 300 experiences. Just like last year, we wanted to know how many of those experiences occurred in DC metro are public...
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Three Ways to Report to WMATA
Photo by mymetrostop via flickr We posted this last year but in the spirit of Public Transit Awareness Month, we though we should re-post information about the different ways you can report an incident...
View Article“I said ‘move’. But nothing.”
Location: Georgia ave & Dennis ave, Maryland, Q4 Bus Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On a very, very crowded bus a young man about 20 years old leaned up against the seat I was sitting in....
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Tell DDOT: DC’s 30-Year Transportation Plan Must Address Street Harassment!
By Erin McAuliff Volunteers for a community safety audit of Columbia Heights organized in part by CASS in 2011. Your voice is important to DC’s long-term transportation plans. It’s critical that the...
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280: Number of Responses to CASS’s Transit Safety Survey
Thank you for helping us make the case for Right Rides! From your 280 survey responses, we found that 67% of you almost never feel safe taking public transit late at night. Your input was invaluable...
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Street Harassed in Petworth: “I Feel Demeaned and Disrespected. I am Angry...
Location: Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro Stop, Washington, DC Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Last night in the Georgia Ave/Petworth area, I was leaving a Yoga class and stopped briefly on the side walk to...
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Public Masturbation at Bus Stop in Chevy Chase: “He was fully exposed.”
Location: L8 Stop on Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was waiting by myself at the L8 bus stop on the way home from work. Traffic on Connecticut Avenue was...
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“He Continued Stroking His Penis”: Public Masturbation on the Red Line
Location: Red to Silver Line, Washington, DC Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Around 7:15am on Tuesday, December 15, a man on the red line Metro bound for Silver Spring was sitting across the...
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“It’s Unacceptable to See This as ‘No Big Deal'”: Public Masturbation on Bike...
Location: Metropolitan Branch Trail and R Street, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was just biking on the MBT. On the trail, a block north of R St, there was a man standing on...
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My Streets, Too: When in Rome
After moving to DC, I learned how some men perceived the Metro as unspoken hyper-masculine “male space,” where their language, tone, word choice, and space dominate the geography of those train cars....
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No, you cannot “drop a wad in my ass”: Sexually harassed at Metro stop
Location: Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Street harassment of any kind is a daily experience for me, but this incident that happened a few weeks ago was...
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Metro conductor follows through with report of sexual harassment on train!
Location: Ft. Totten & Green Line (Metro) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) This occurred about a year ago, but I do want to give credit to good Metro employees. A young man got on my green...
View ArticleWMATA Releases Findings from DC’s First Transit Safety Survey
In addition to being International Guitar Month, National Welding Month, and National Pecan Month, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the second week of April is Anti-Street Harassment week....
View ArticleWhat CASS Means to Me Part 2: We Can Make a Difference
In my last post I described how I became part of CASS — mainly as a supporter of RightRides. For the first two years, I mainly was learning about street harassment and learning how to be a board...
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We Chalked, We Canvassed, We Reclaimed Safe Public Space.
This month, CASS staff and volunteers took to the streets to spread messages against sexual violence and reclaim public space. We chalked the streets! It was empowering for those of us who experience...
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“He masturbated into my hair”: Assault on the Red Line
Location: Red Line train between Twinbrook & Rockville Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) A man sat behind me on a Metro train car that had just been vacated by the other passengers and masturbated...
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Harassed by Metro Employees
Location: Metro Center (from the red line platform in the direction of Shady Grove and continuing to the lower platform in the direction of Vienna) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) On Wednesday, August...
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